Learn To Swim

[Nausicaä Suzuki]

OOC Episode Number: 009. Name: Learn To Swim Match: XHF Rumble Note(s): SKY Force's Second Roleplay

Nausicaä Suzuki “You can do it, you can do it, yes you can!” Was loudly cheered out as we are now at a private swimming pool. Why? Well on a bench are Nausicaä Suzuki and Charles, both of them holding pom-poms, and at the edge of the pool is Shizuku Yamamoto. Where is Rin Kubo? She is currently floating in the pool itself, a pair of floaties around each arm as well as a pair of relatively big ones around her waist and a bright pink kickboard in what can be described as a death grip. Shizuku Yamamoto “How come, in all the years I’ve known you, the fact you can't swim is completely new to me? Like, isn’t it like some kind of mandatory school lesson or something?” Rin Kubo “I was homeschooled…” Shizuku Yamamoto “Still...shouldn’t we be preparing for the XHF Rumble instead of giving you swimming lessons. I mean…what importance does any of this have?” Rin Kubo “Because the match is taking place on a barge…in the middle of the bleeding sea.” Shizuku Yamamoto “And you’ll only be eliminated if you’re thrown out the ring, not off the barge.” Rin Kubo “You don’t know that! Hell anything could happen! It could rain and the floor could end up being very slippery!” Shizuku Yamamoto “Jeez, sorry Rin. Don’t panic so much, we’re here to make sure such a thing doesn’t happen. I’m just saying that I don’t get why any of this is important…” Nausicaä Suzuki “Because it is very important!” Capturing their attention Suzuki carefully put the pom-poms in front of Charles before bouncing over to her confused friend. Once beside Miss Yamamoto the pink haired girl rests an arm around the technician’s shoulders. Nausicaä Suzuki “Go and tell all those who doubt us. This will be our night. One of us will be the one who wins the X-Crown. For we’re J-ROK’s new revolution. The old one is a lie. And we will prove this by taking the X-Crown home.” While saying her words, the Super Saiyan Rosé gently guided the shortest human member down to the edge of the pool before the two sat down on the edge with their feet inside the pool. Close enough for Rin to fully hear them without any raised voices. Nausicaä Suzuki “So let the others take each other out. Let them battle each other. Let them drown in their sea of brutality. We will get our opportunity. And we will capitalise on it. We’ll glide through their sea because we’ve learned to swim. Chaos will help us avenge my dream. The one J-ROK stole. And after the Rumble it’ll still be us versus them. But, for now, we will make J-ROK proud by stealing the crown. And there is no one in this match that can stop us.” Miss Suzuki’s eyes widened for a moment, as if realising something important, before springing up to her feet to the confusion of her friends. Well…more to Shizuku’s confusion as Rin is more focused on desperately clutching onto her kickboard, even though in the shallow end of this very pool. The pink haired girl quickly returns beside Yamamoto with a bright smile, holding Charles in her hands this time. Nausicaä Suzuki “For they will all be fighting themselves. Using all their energy. So they will be vulnerable when we come out. Too tired to throw one of us out. Too tired to form any defence. And then, one-by-one, we will invade the ring. To take the crown and rule in chaos…” Her smile turns to an evil grin as she suddenly moves one hand to firmly grab Shizuku’s wrist. Why? Because, in the very next moment, she dives into the water…dragging Yamamoto in with her, the short member squealing out in complete surprise. Said squeal being loud enough for Kubo to laugh out in her own loud way, which only got louder at the shorter woman’s pout until Nausicaä pops up between them with a soaking wet Charles held closely to her chest. Nausicaä Suzuki “Together, I know I can’t win it on my own. I have tried before and failed. So we will win the crown and hold it together. We will unite or we’ll drown. United we will survive their flood. United we’ll outlast them. And united we’ll bring chaos to the crown. All three of you know that I trust you. I hope that you three can trust in me. For together no one can stop us.” She confidently declared, moving one hand away from her advisor to clench into a fist and gently press against her right breast. Nausicaä Suzuki “So this is why we need to swim. While they can drown to their wars. We will swim our way to our crowning moment. A moment to get us in folklore. Folklore that nobody will forget. Folklore of a family that rose as one. One who brought forth the era of chaos. Chaos known as SKY Force...” The confident manner that Suzuki was speaking earlier seems to have dissolved right in front of her two friends as she gives them both a hopeful yet, at the same time, pleading look as she uses both hands to hold Charles out with each of his upper paws pointing outward. Nausicaä Suzuki “For SKY Force..?” Shizuku and Rin both glanced over towards each other for a moment, as if possibly considering their options or purposely making their leader sweat. A smile drew itself across the pair as Yamamoto instantly pushed one fist out to bump one of the feline’s own. The taller brunette being more tentative in gingerly offering one fist to pump the cat’s paw, her other hand clinging onto the board in a way that one could think would break bone. Rin Kubo & Shizuku Yamamoto “For SKY Force.” Suzuki’s eyes actually water at this gesture. This, no matter how bizarre, is her family and her family appears to be fully unified in her goal of the X-Crown. Seeing this Yamamoto and Kubo each took a gentle hold of the pink haired girl’s wrist to pull her into a group hug…one that quickly turned to Rin almost strangling the pair in desperate attempt to float when her kickboard slipped away.